Team Lead - Production

The Maschhoffs; New Salem (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPO/HDHP plan options

Dental coverage (two options)

Life insurance

Disability coverage

401(k) with 4% match

Generous paid time off

Job summary

The Maschhoffs is hiring a Full Time Animal Caregiver at a sow farm near New Salem, IL. You will perform daily animal care, ensuring pigs receive adequate feed and water, while monitoring the barn environment to keep pigs comfortable.

You will specialize in areas such as breeding, piglet birth support, or piglet care and work under the Farm Manager to train team members and manage daily production tasks.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• 1 year experience in swine industry and/or 1 year leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily humane care, ensuring access to feed and water and maintaining a comfortable environment.
• Monitor swine health, ensure vaccinations and medications are administered and documented as needed.
• Promote safe work habits, report injuries within 24 hours to Farm Manager.
• Maintain accurate production records.
• Assist Farm Manager in training team members and organizing activities.
• Coordinate daily production activities and ensure SOPs are followed.
• Communicate department needs (feed, supplies, maintenance, personnel) to Farm Manager.
• Perform minor maintenance and housekeeping tasks and report needed repairs.
• Implement best management practices for environmental stewardship, including manure handling.

Skills

Animal care

Leadership

Communication

Record keeping

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Are you looking for a rewarding career caring for pigs? We’re currently hiring for a Full Time Animal Caregiver at a sow farm near New Salem, IL.

In this position, you would carry out daily care of the animals, ensuring adequate access to feed and water, monitoring the barn environment and making sure pigs are comfortable. As an Animal Caregiver, you’d be trained to specialize in a certain function, whether that’s breeding, assisting during piglet birth or caring for young piglets.

Job Duties & Accountabilities

• Ensure daily care promotes humane animal handling, including the safeguard of animal health, providing access to water and feed, and the best possible environment.
• Monitor the health of all animals, ensure proper vaccinations, medications, and injections are given and documented as needed to promote animal well-being, achieve regulatory compliance, increase production and communicate all animal well-being issues and/or concerns to the Farm Manager.
• Promote safe work habits, maintain a safe working environment and report all work related injuries within 24 hours of occurrence to the Farm Manager.
• Keep and maintain accurate production records.
• Assist the Farm Manager in the training of team members’ production and interpersonal skills through open and honest informal daily feedback, and daily organization of their activities.
• Organize and participate in the daily production activities of their departments including implementation, follow up, and review of the execution of standard operating procedures.
• Communicate department needs to the Farm Manager such as feed, supplies, maintenance, personnel issues, etc.
• Perform minor maintenance and repairs on buildings and equipment, as well as, housekeeping responsibilities of the facility and communicate to Farm Manager of necessary repairs or maintenance needed.
• Implement best management practices for environmental stewardship including the proper regulation of manure storage facility (pit) levels and the flushing time and recharge of manure handling systems within the barns

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED
• 1 year experience in the swine industry and/or 1 years of leadership experience in any field.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Agriculture industry preferred
• Company policies and procedures
• Standard Operating Procedures of the system (thorough understanding)
• Proper pig terminology and livestock handling (advanced)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook) and basic understanding of computers is preferred

Skill in:

• Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills
• Organizational and Leadership skills
• Training and development of team members on standard operating procedures

Ability to:

• Work independently, as well as being a team player
• Effectively monitor and develop subordinates to insure smooth operation of the farm
• Maintain confidentiality
• Desire to learn new skills
• Use production records to facilitate improvements

Activity Percent of time

Under 20% 20% to 40% 41% to 70% Over 70%

Visual Activity ( Seeing )

X

Hearing *

X

Speaking *

X

Climbing

X

Heavy Lifting

X

Manual Dexterity

X

Pushing/Pulling

X

Standing

X

Walking

X

*Includes on telephone

Working Conditions

• Office Environment in the Barn Extreme Hot or Cold Setting Wet, Slippery SurroundingsFumes, Smoke, Odors, etc.
• Ability to handle exposure to dust, odors, noise.
• Ability to stand and walk on concrete for extended periods of time.
• Ability to operate high pressure washing equipment and manipulate
• Over gating in excess of 36 inches high.

Compensation:

Targeted pay range of $18 – $26.61 USD per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.

The Maschhoffs offers full-time regular employees a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Your choice between a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan and a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) plan.
• Two options for dental coverage, both of which cover three main types of expenses and cover preventative care at 100%.
• Complimentary Basic Life Insurance as well as voluntary employee, spouse, and child life insurance policies.
• Short Term and Long Term Disability coverage, at no cost to the employee.
• A traditional pre-tax 401(k) plan as well as a Roth 40(k) plan. The Company matches the first 4% of employee contributions, which is immediately vested.
• A generous paid time off program, including a life event day and volunteer day each year for full time employees.
• Participation in a Company Short Term Incentive Plan (STI) where payments are dependent upon several company factors/metrics.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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